Browse published material including veterinary books, periodicals and pamphlets.

Explore in here for early veterinary writing by the forefathers of the profession; descriptions of historic methods and cases; and anonymous backbiting between the professors of competing veterinary schools.

RCVS Vet History is a five year project, in which the historically rich, but previously untapped, collections of the RCVS will be preserved and made more accessible to the public. The project will culminate in two major public outputs...

Articles include: Communications and Cases. On Arsenious Acid; Memoirs of a Veterinary Surgeon. Thoughts on Laminits; On Urinary Deposits; An Attack of Laminitis Following the Exhibition of Active Purgative Agents; Case of Fracture of the Os Suffraginis;…

Articles include: The Operation, Absolute and Relative, of Various kinds of Aloes on the Horse, with Cases Illustrative of the Benefit Attending the Exclusive Use of Purgatives and Clysters in Impaction and Spasmodic Colic; A Case of Rupture of the Coats of the Rectum;…

Articles include: Communication and Cases. Urethral Calculus in the Horse; On Castration in India; Several Fatal Cases of Disease; Enlarged and Scirrhous Spleen, Accompanied with Farcy; Case of Choking in the Horse; A Sanguineous Ovarian Tumour;…

Articles include: Communications and Cases. African Cattle and their Parasites; On Trichinosis and Measles in Swine; Notes on the Influence of Atmospheric Pressure and Altitude on Health and Disease in Man and the Lower Animals; The Abyssinian Campaign; The Principles of Botany;…

Articles include: Communications and Cases. The Microscope in Veterinary Medicine; The Question of the Day: What Kinf of Education will Produce the Most Efficient Veterinary Surgeons?; The Principles of Botany
A Case of Bronchitis, or Gangrenous Inflammation of the Lungs, Complicated with Hepatitis; Successful Treatment of Acute Rheumatism, with Large Doses of Alkaline Medicine; Hydrocyanic Acid Tetanus;…

Articles include: A Veterinary Glimpse at the Last Burma War; Dietetics. The Preparation of Coolti for Horse’ Feed; Veterinary Education. The New Scheme for Veterinary Certificates and Diplomas in Madras; Veterinary Surgery and Medicine. Vomition; Its Relation to Ruptured Stomach;…

This letter has several sections redacted in black ink, which are assumed to be on personal subjects and not related to Smith’s work in South Africa. In this letter, Smith writes on the following subjects: a sudden change in destination of the ship to Durban; impending battle at Ladysmith;…

This letter has several sections redacted in black ink, which are assumed to be on personal subjects and not related to Smith’s work in South Africa. In this letter, Smith gives an account of the Battle of Colenso, which took place on 16th December 1899…

This letter has several sections redacted in black ink, which are assumed to be on personal subjects and not related to Smith’s work in South Africa. In this letter, Smith writes on the following subjects: the Boer forces fortifying themselves;…

This letter has several sections redacted in black ink, which are assumed to be on personal subjects and not related to Smith’s work in South Africa. In this letter, Smith writes on the following subjects: leaving Cheveley Camp, with transport of 13th Hussars and around 25000 men;…

RCVS VET HISTORY is an RCVS Knowledge initiative, for the preservation and promotion of the historical collections of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, made possible with the support of The Alborada Trust.

The Alborada Trust is a charitable trust founded in 2001. Its aims are the funding of medical and veterinary causes, research and education – and the relief of poverty and human and animal suffering, sickness and ill-health. Charity Registration No 1091660

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust (trading as RCVS Knowledge) is a registered Charity No. 230886. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England and Wales No. 598443.